About this course
Are you an expert in one or more sustainability topics - biodiversity, zero waste, climate change, circular economy, ESG, urban planning, ecodesign, etc etc? Do you sometimes need to explain your complex sustainability topics to stakeholders, give presentations or hold workshops?
Are any of these situations familiar to you?
After a long explanation people still don’t seem to grasp what is the essence of the problem.
People, who you want to get involved, are simply not at all interested in your topic.
At a meeting/workshop people seemed to understand the topic well, but afterwards it turned out they hadn’t learned anything or had totally misunderstood your message.
If you answered “yes” at least 2 times, then this course is for you!
There are often logical reasons why people don’t understand or are not interested in sustainability issues and these can be connected to the ways we engage and teach them. The trainer development programme tackles these reasons and introduces principles and practical tools to have a better impact in engaging with our audiences - be it stakeholders, business owners, other campaigners or someone else!
The topics of the programme:
The basics of how learning and memory works
How to take into account the needs of the learners and create motivating learning environment
How to help change learners’ misconceptions
How to better assess learning
How to teach sustainability topics and skills effectively
How to learn better when you're in a position of a learner
The programme consists of:
Online get-to-know-each other intro session - Oct 13th, 10-11.30 am CET
4 online sessions - Oct 20th, 27th, Nov 3rd, 10th, 10am-1pm CET
Onsite training days in Bucharest, Romania - Nov 25th to 27th, full work days
Individual reading and writing assignments (1-2h per week)
Requirements for participation:
You work with some sustainability topic on expert level
You have some experience in running workshops or training people on your sustainability topic
You are fluent in English (written and spoken)
You can participate at least 80% of all the sessions
You are able to participate physically the training days in Bucharest
You are able to fund your participation fee and all related costs
Meet your trainers
Kadri Kalle
Kadri is education program manager at Zero Waste Estonia and has been dealing with sustainability issues for close to 20 years. She has taught environmental topics in five Estonian higher education institutions, conducted trainings for study groups in Europe, Asia and Africa. She has complemented her sustainability expertise with educational psychology at Tallinn University and is one of the authors of the Zero Waste Training Handbook.
Narantuya Gursed
Narantuya (Nara) is co-founder of Ecosoum NGO and Mongolian Zero Waste Alliance. She has more than 10 years of experience working in sustainability and zero waste subject. Nara is a certified trainer who is pursuing her passion for learning and teaching. While organising many trainings and providing consultation for different stakeholders, she strongly believes in value of knowledge creation and transfer, and providing tailored solutions to every context. Her fascination for brain functions and educational psychology drives her journey to transfer her knowledge and skills to the right people.